Middle English Dictionary Entry
pinacled adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | pinacled adj. Also pinakelid. |
| Etymology | From pinacle n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Having a pinnacle or pinnacles, pinnacled; also, having a projection or projections suggestive of a pinnacle.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)207 : A pyȝt coroune ȝet wer þat gyrle, Of mariorys and non oþer ston, Hiȝe pynakled of cler quyt perle, Wyth flurted flowrez perfet vpon.
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.9 (Hrl 2169)167 : A beryth..a towre pynakelyd and enbataylyd of the same.